The author and the publisher are grateful to the following for granting the use of material:

Excerpts from Jean-François Lyotard, The Differend, copyright 1988 by the University of
Minnesota. Originally published as Le differend 1983 by Les Editions de Minuit. UK rights
courtesy Manchester University Press.

Excerpts from Jean-François Lyotard, Political Writings, copyright 1993 by the Regents of
the University of Minnesota. UK rights courtesy UCL Press. Excerpts from chapter 9,
"Preamble to a Charter" in Political Writings used by permission of Jean-François Lyotard.

Excerpts from Jean-François Lyotard et al., The Postmodern Condition: A Report on
Knowledge. Originally published in France as Le condition postmoderne: rapport sur le
savoir, copyright 1979 by Les Editions de Minuit. English translation and Foreword
copyright 1984 by the University of Minnesota. UK rights courtesy Manchester University
Press.

"Lyotard on the Death of the Professor," A. T. Nuyen, Educational Theory, vol. 42, no. 1,
Winter 1992, pp. 25-38.

"Techno-Science, Rationality, and the University: Lyotard on the 'Postmodern Condition,'"
Michael Peters, Educational Theory, vol. 39, no. 2, Spring 1989, pp. 93-105.

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book, but in some instances this has proven impossible. The author and publisher will be
glad to receive information leading to more complete acknowledgments in subsequent
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